Wisconsin · Private foundation
Clack Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $488,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $36M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Clack Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $1.3M | 35% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $1.1M | 25% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $1.7M | 27% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $1.6M | 40% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $740k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $704k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $467k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $546k | 29% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $2,815,120 | 9 | 0% |
| Camp Jorn Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $455,000 | 9 | 16% |
| Foundation for International Education In | $275,000 | 3 | 65% |
| Vernon Area Rehabilitation Center Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Easter Seals Wisconsin Inc | $130,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Grace Acres Ministries Inc | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha County Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Wisconsin Academy for Graduate Service Dogs Inc | $65,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Winman Trails Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Clack Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Baer Family Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · May Family Foundation Inc · Pukall Lumber Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About Clack Foundation Inc
- How much does Clack Foundation Inc give?
- Clack Foundation Inc reported 20 grants totaling $1,277,408 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Clack Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), Health (33%), Employment (16%).
- Who are Clack Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Wisconsin Foundation ($2.8M), Camp Jorn Young Men's Christian Association Inc ($455k), Foundation for International Education In ($275k).
- Does Clack Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Clack Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Clack Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, Baer Family Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc.
- Where is Clack Foundation Inc based?
- Clack Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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